Results 1-20 of 28 for carers speaker:Dessie Ellis

Petrol and Diesel Excise Rate Increases: Motion [Private Members] (30 Apr 2024)

Dessie Ellis: ..., the reality is that many people rely on their car, and with good reason. These fuel price hikes not only hurt the parent taking his or her child to school, the person going to work and the carer looking after an aged or infirm family member. These latest tax increases will add to the pressure on consumers already struggling with the cost of groceries, energy, insurance and so much...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Disability Inclusive Social Protection: Discussion (11 May 2023)

Dessie Ellis: ...people with disabilities have to face and how he has overcome them, although, obviously, he still has more obstacles to overcome. My experience is that I deal with a lot of issues related to carers. As everyone knows, the situation varies from area to area. I am based in CHO 9 and every so often we get quotas for care hours and so on and we find it very frustrating. We still do not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Self-advocacy and Women with Disabilities: Discussion (9 Mar 2023)

Dessie Ellis: ...the instance of it is higher in women with disabilities. I was struck by what Nem said about there being a lot of evidence to suggest it is members of the family, people who are close to them or carers that this comes from. Obviously, there is a huge risk in anyone speaking out in those situations because they will obviously feel threatened, their children will get taken away or there...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Living with a Disability: Discussion (2 Feb 2023)

Dessie Ellis: I thank Ms Johnstone and Family Carers Ireland for the presentation. The job of carers is a very demanding one. I have dealt with people seeking carers in my area and I am aware of the numbers involved in the context of the constant battle to get carers. An awful lot is left to the family members. Most of them do a marvellous job. The State should be doing more in that regard rather than...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Living with a Disability: Discussion (2 Feb 2023)

Dessie Ellis: ...service in Dublin at peak hours and at the weekend is problematic. Does she find that to be a major issue for people with disabilities? On the issue of finance, we discussed earlier how much carers earn and how much people with a disability receive. Will she elaborate on what she sees as the shortcomings in that area?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Inclusive Transport Schemes: Discussion (7 Jul 2022)

Dessie Ellis: I am delighted to be here. I will have to feel my way as I go. I thank the representatives of the DDAI and Family Carers Ireland, FCI, for their presentations. I come across this issue regularly in my constituency and in other areas. I remember there being issues with the mobility allowance and motorised transport grant as far back as the time when I was a councillor for 12 or 13 years,...

Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (11 Mar 2021)

Dessie Ellis: I specifically asked about agency workers and the Minister of State did not give me an answer. Those workers are carers and, as far as I am concerned, are at the front line. As the vaccination programme progresses, does the Minister of State anticipate that families will be able to visit their loved ones in nursing homes, contingent on all parties concerned being vaccinated? This matter...

Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (11 Mar 2021)

Dessie Ellis: ...roll-out and how those who are to be vaccinated are prioritised. One group of healthcare workers who deal with some of the most vulnerable in our community are agency workers employed as carers. The use of agency workers is problematic, in that they move between many vulnerable people and their families within the community. There is real potential for such individuals to be carriers of...

Estimates for Public Services 2020 (Resumed) (28 May 2020)

Dessie Ellis: ...and the loss of jobs could give rise to higher levels of poverty. Poverty can arise from being on low pay or being reliant on state payments such as pensions, disability allowances or because people are carers for a loved one. This pandemic is creating a new potential for poverty. People are making enormous sacrifices in their lives and their employment by adhering to the guidelines to...

Child Maintenance: Motion (22 Oct 2019)

Dessie Ellis: ...of the survey show starkly all that is wrong with the way child maintenance payments currently operate. It is a terrible indictment of the current system that just under 60% of separated primary carers of children said they received any form of maintenance payment. Of the parents who receive payments, 58% of those pursuing child maintenance payments had to resort to court orders, while...

Home Help: Motion [Private Members] (25 Jun 2019)

Dessie Ellis: ...loco parentisrule does not allow it. Respite is vital to give parents a break from the strain and stress of caring for a sick child. It is draining on a person’s physical and mental well-being. Carers in these circumstances need time to recharge their batteries and clear their heads. It makes no sense that parents receiving respite cannot avail of it because of this rule. Home...

Children's Rights: Motion [Private Members] (6 Feb 2019)

Dessie Ellis: ...grant, took medical cards off the sick, the elderly and the terminally ill, cut the one-parent family benefit for children over the age of seven, cut the clothing and footwear allowance and cut the carer's allowance. The full list of cuts the Labour Party made while in government is too long to outline in the short time I have. By any accounts this is a shameful record but it is a...

Neurological Services: Motion [Private Members] (6 Dec 2017)

Dessie Ellis: ...in their previously normal lives. The individual with the neurological disorder and his or her family face great uncertainties. Both face the life-changing prospect of having to manage a chronic, lifelong condition. Carers face the prospect of a lower quality of life, sleep deprivation, constant pressure and strains on relationships. Carers and sufferers face the prospect of social...

Social Welfare Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Nov 2015)

Dessie Ellis: ...does not consider child benefit to be a core payment means nothing to the child who had to go without. That it does not consider the respite care grant to be a core payment means little to the carer who has been burnt out and the person receiving care who has seen his or her loved one lose hope. The cut in young person's dole to €100 that has left many a person in early...

Central Bank (Variable Rate Mortgages) Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (7 Jul 2015)

Dessie Ellis: ...and massive mortgages. The banks were ripping off mortgage customers then and they continue to do so unhindered to this day by the current Government, which has been forceful in its treatment of lone parents, carers and other vulnerable groups but not with bankers. We need a firm hand to bring the banks into line and protect home owners. Sinn Féin sought to introduce that firm hand...

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Mar 2015)

Dessie Ellis: ...payment scheme is further lowered to seven years with significant consequential loss of weekly income for lone parents who are in work, but on low incomes. I must also oppose strongly section 3 concerning eligibility for carer's allowance, carer's benefit and the respite care grant. This will make it more difficult for people to successfully apply for these payments and so there will be...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Eligibility (4 Nov 2014)

Dessie Ellis: 185. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to implement recommendations from the European Commission that Ireland should be paying carer's allowance to people paying their contributions here even if they reside in another EU state such as in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 who had to give up carer's allowance due to the State's refusal to pay it while the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Eligibility (11 Jun 2013)

Dessie Ellis: .... To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the EU Commission has initiated an infringement procedure against Ireland due to its failure to provide carer's allowance to Irish citizens entitled to it who are living elsewhere within the EU; the way this procedure will affect her Departments dealings with a person (details supplied) who had...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (29 Jan 2013)

Dessie Ellis: ...Protection if she still intends to proceed with the introduction of the single working age payment concept, announced by her to the Troika in March 2011; and if a decision has been made to exclude carers, those in receipt of one parent family, disability and invalidity payments. [4064/13]

Social Welfare (Amnesty) Bill 2012: Second Stage [Private Members] (18 Jan 2013)

Dessie Ellis: .... It is a considerable burden for anyone in this difficult situation to have to worry about a debt they accidentally accrued, never mind requiring them to repay the money if they are found out. We have seen cuts to carers, single parents, the elderly and all the other social welfare recipients in this State. People are struggling to keep their heads above water, feed and clothe their...